Alexandru Volacu
@volacu.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the University of Bucharest; Political theorist/Political scientist
Application period for New Europe College (Bucharest) fellowships in humanities and social sciences:
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Especially if you recently got your PhD and are looking for a 1-year fellowship it is a wonderful place to work, with a scholarship that will completely cover expenses here
nec.ro/fellowships/...
Especially if you recently got your PhD and are looking for a 1-year fellowship it is a wonderful place to work, with a scholarship that will completely cover expenses here
Apply for a fellowship : NEC
NEC Institute for Advanced Study
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October 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Application period for New Europe College (Bucharest) fellowships in humanities and social sciences:
nec.ro/fellowships/...
Especially if you recently got your PhD and are looking for a 1-year fellowship it is a wonderful place to work, with a scholarship that will completely cover expenses here
nec.ro/fellowships/...
Especially if you recently got your PhD and are looking for a 1-year fellowship it is a wonderful place to work, with a scholarship that will completely cover expenses here
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“Where are we now with AI?”
“Well, we’re eating up the whole world in order to put a few million middle-ranking white collar workers out of work.”
“Ah, progress is a wonderful thing!”
“Well, we’re eating up the whole world in order to put a few million middle-ranking white collar workers out of work.”
“Ah, progress is a wonderful thing!”
September 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
“Where are we now with AI?”
“Well, we’re eating up the whole world in order to put a few million middle-ranking white collar workers out of work.”
“Ah, progress is a wonderful thing!”
“Well, we’re eating up the whole world in order to put a few million middle-ranking white collar workers out of work.”
“Ah, progress is a wonderful thing!”
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New Tyler Robinson posts leaked to me tell a very different story than you've heard before:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: Leaked Messages from Charlie Kirk Assassin
Accused shooter’s “politics” is not what government and media say
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September 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New Tyler Robinson posts leaked to me tell a very different story than you've heard before:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
My latest piece on Justice Everywhere, about the current and expected impact of Generative AI on an academic environment which puts research outputs at the heart of performance evaluation. Briefly, I think it's no longer sustainable, even in the near future.
justice-everywhere.org/general/can-...
justice-everywhere.org/general/can-...
Can Our Current Academic Model Go On in the Age of AI?
It has been almost three years since ChatGPT was released in the public arena amid great hopes, worries, and, perhaps more than anything, hype. While artificial intelligence tools, including of the…
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September 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My latest piece on Justice Everywhere, about the current and expected impact of Generative AI on an academic environment which puts research outputs at the heart of performance evaluation. Briefly, I think it's no longer sustainable, even in the near future.
justice-everywhere.org/general/can-...
justice-everywhere.org/general/can-...
Quick post for those interested in international politics. Round 2 of the Romanian Presidential Elections takes place on Sunday. The race pits a guy who did his PhD in Mathematics at Sorbonne against a guy who was nicknamed "Insane Asylum" by his colleagues. The latter is slightly ahead in polls.
May 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Quick post for those interested in international politics. Round 2 of the Romanian Presidential Elections takes place on Sunday. The race pits a guy who did his PhD in Mathematics at Sorbonne against a guy who was nicknamed "Insane Asylum" by his colleagues. The latter is slightly ahead in polls.
This gem of a phrase could only be uttered by an American conservative (context: On R/Conservative, in a discussion about the recent Australian elections). Never change, MAGA, never change.
May 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This gem of a phrase could only be uttered by an American conservative (context: On R/Conservative, in a discussion about the recent Australian elections). Never change, MAGA, never change.
Larry David telling Bill Maher to go fuck himself in so many words. Hilarious. Glorious. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf (Gift Article)
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
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April 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Larry David telling Bill Maher to go fuck himself in so many words. Hilarious. Glorious. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf (Gift Article)
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Larry David telling Bill Maher to go fuck himself in so many words. Hilarious. Glorious. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
My new paper is out in Constellations. It's on democratic resilience and how we can draw on historical examples to think about its pursuit through contemporary institutional design.
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The Epistemic Challenge to Democratic Resilience: A Late‐Classical Athenian Institutional Solution
Democratic erosion is an increasingly worrying phenomenon, affecting not only both young and transitional democracies but also more consolidated ones. A particularly important aspect of this process ...
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March 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
My new paper is out in Constellations. It's on democratic resilience and how we can draw on historical examples to think about its pursuit through contemporary institutional design.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
Maybe it's a little hyperbolic, but my current feeling is that many people would be safer going to Syria, than the US right now. I had already made the decision of not travelling to the US if Trump is re-elected long ago, but still eerie to see this unfolding: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Maybe it's a little hyperbolic, but my current feeling is that many people would be safer going to Syria, than the US right now. I had already made the decision of not travelling to the US if Trump is re-elected long ago, but still eerie to see this unfolding: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
(continuation of previous thread) The motivation for barring Georgescu from running in the Romanian election has been published by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC). Contrary to initial reports overviewed in my previous thread, the decision was taken on substantive, not procedural, grounds. (1/n)
March 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
(continuation of previous thread) The motivation for barring Georgescu from running in the Romanian election has been published by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC). Contrary to initial reports overviewed in my previous thread, the decision was taken on substantive, not procedural, grounds. (1/n)
A brief update on what's going on in Romania, as there aren't a lot of us on Bluesky, but I know some non-Romanians may be interested and the international media doesn't always do a great job in presenting the facts. (1/n)
March 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A brief update on what's going on in Romania, as there aren't a lot of us on Bluesky, but I know some non-Romanians may be interested and the international media doesn't always do a great job in presenting the facts. (1/n)
Seems a bit egocentric to use social media to share one's work in these times, but I'll put this out there nonetheless. So my article on Free Riding and Compulsory Voting is now out (Ahead of Print) in Journal of Politics: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Free Riding and Compulsory Voting | The Journal of Politics
This article addresses one of the most salient arguments for compulsory voting, according to which electoral abstention constitutes a type of free-riding behavior that the state is justified in mitiga...
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February 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Seems a bit egocentric to use social media to share one's work in these times, but I'll put this out there nonetheless. So my article on Free Riding and Compulsory Voting is now out (Ahead of Print) in Journal of Politics: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce how the Elon Musk’s Election Interference Machine™ (EIM) works. Since Musk and his broligarch allies won the presidency for Trump, they’ve now harnessed the machine to interfere in European elections, including the ones in Germany and Romania.
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February 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce how the Elon Musk’s Election Interference Machine™ (EIM) works. Since Musk and his broligarch allies won the presidency for Trump, they’ve now harnessed the machine to interfere in European elections, including the ones in Germany and Romania.
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How to kill a democracy in 10 easy steps. Unfortunately a very relevant post by Lisa Herzog.
"Always remember: exhausted citizens are submissive citizens. Or no citizens at all – at some point of sleep deprivation, they turn into subjects. That’s when you know you’ve won. "
"Always remember: exhausted citizens are submissive citizens. Or no citizens at all – at some point of sleep deprivation, they turn into subjects. That’s when you know you’ve won. "
How to kill a democracy in 10 easy steps (spoiler alert: exhaust your citizens)
This month we will be publishing a series of posts on the topic of fatigue. Two years after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, constant fatigue characterises the lives of too many of us. Here w…
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February 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
How to kill a democracy in 10 easy steps. Unfortunately a very relevant post by Lisa Herzog.
"Always remember: exhausted citizens are submissive citizens. Or no citizens at all – at some point of sleep deprivation, they turn into subjects. That’s when you know you’ve won. "
"Always remember: exhausted citizens are submissive citizens. Or no citizens at all – at some point of sleep deprivation, they turn into subjects. That’s when you know you’ve won. "
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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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🚨 Call for Abstracts! 🚨
The III Barcelona Workshop in Political Theory is now accepting submissions! 🏛✨
Join us in Barcelona on 19 June for a dynamic exchange on cutting-edge research in political thought!
📝Submission deadline: 15 March
The III Barcelona Workshop in Political Theory is now accepting submissions! 🏛✨
Join us in Barcelona on 19 June for a dynamic exchange on cutting-edge research in political thought!
📝Submission deadline: 15 March
February 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🚨 Call for Abstracts! 🚨
The III Barcelona Workshop in Political Theory is now accepting submissions! 🏛✨
Join us in Barcelona on 19 June for a dynamic exchange on cutting-edge research in political thought!
📝Submission deadline: 15 March
The III Barcelona Workshop in Political Theory is now accepting submissions! 🏛✨
Join us in Barcelona on 19 June for a dynamic exchange on cutting-edge research in political thought!
📝Submission deadline: 15 March
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Two 4-year salaried PhD positions in EU foreign policy at @polscileiden.bsky.social @leidensocial.bsky.social to work with my amazing colleague @karolinapomorska.bsky.social as part of the @ec.europa.eu funded EUFOG project.
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We are hiring! Two PhD positions in EU Foreign Policy at Leiden University within the EUFOG project (which has in total 18 PhD positions!). Please help us spread the word! www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...
PhD candidates in European Union Foreign Policy
PhD candidates in European Union Foreign Policy (two positions, each 1.0 fte)The Institute of Political Science of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences invites applications for 2 PhD candida...
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February 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Two 4-year salaried PhD positions in EU foreign policy at @polscileiden.bsky.social @leidensocial.bsky.social to work with my amazing colleague @karolinapomorska.bsky.social as part of the @ec.europa.eu funded EUFOG project.
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The Canadian public and especially political class should understand the US President is explicitly declaring economic war on Canada with the goal of ruining & then annexing it. This is not merely a tariff war and the political class shouldn’t treat it as merely that: Deal with the intent to annex.
February 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Canadian public and especially political class should understand the US President is explicitly declaring economic war on Canada with the goal of ruining & then annexing it. This is not merely a tariff war and the political class shouldn’t treat it as merely that: Deal with the intent to annex.
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The tariffs are mad; but what’s equally mad is that they somehow come as a surprise, when Trump has campaigned non-stop on this and controls all branches of government
Precious time has been lost, but it’s not too late for countries to mount an effective response 1/x
Precious time has been lost, but it’s not too late for countries to mount an effective response 1/x
February 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The tariffs are mad; but what’s equally mad is that they somehow come as a surprise, when Trump has campaigned non-stop on this and controls all branches of government
Precious time has been lost, but it’s not too late for countries to mount an effective response 1/x
Precious time has been lost, but it’s not too late for countries to mount an effective response 1/x
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Special Issue on Justice for Denizens, edited by Johan Olsthoorn is now on line, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy: (2025) Vol 28, No 1
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c...
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Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
Justice for Denizens. Volume 28, Issue 1 of Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
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January 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Special Issue on Justice for Denizens, edited by Johan Olsthoorn is now on line, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy: (2025) Vol 28, No 1
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c...
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fcri20/c...
Here is my recent article on Justice Everywhere: justice-everywhere.org/general/envy...
Envy and Fair Burden-Sharing: There and Back Again
When should we say that two people are treated as equals from a distributive point of view? The straightforward response is that they are equal if they hold an identical bundle of resources. But si…
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January 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Here is my recent article on Justice Everywhere: justice-everywhere.org/general/envy...